I always enjoy reading new weight-related studies. This one is about a possible link between weight problems and suburban areas. Apparently sprawling suburbs are twice more likely to have overweight teens as more combat urban areas. Compact living areas cause you to walk more, and be more active in general.

US children who live in expansive suburbs may start to pay for it with expansive waistlines, new research suggests.

Using data from a national health survey, researchers found that teenagers living in sprawling suburbs were more than twice as likely to be overweight as teens in more compact urban areas.

The findings echo those of a 2003 study by the same researchers that focused on US adults. The researchers believe the same factors may be driving the link between suburban living and teenagers’ weight - the major one being reliance on cars.

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